American Hq^ Journal 



October, 1907. 



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BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET-KNIFE 



Ytdir name an<I addressput 



un (ine side (pI the handle as 

 shown in cut. and on the 

 other side pictures of 

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 and a drone. The 

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 and transparent, 

 through which is 

 seen your name. 

 If yon lose this 

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 serves to identify 

 you if you happen 

 to be injured fatal- 

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7 and address. Knife 

 delivered in two 

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BEE-KEEPER'S 



GOLO-NiB 

 FOUNTAIN PEN 



A really good 

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 ou pay more it's 

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Nib is guaranteed U Karat gold. 

 Indium pointed. The holder is 

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 can t slip off because it slightly 

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 It is very easily cleaned, the pen- 

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 removed. The simple feeder 

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 the pen-point without dropping, 

 blotting or spotting. Every bee- 

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 directions and filler. Each pen 

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QUEEN-CLIPPING DEVICE 



The Monette Queen- 

 Clipping Device is a 

 fine thing for u?e in 

 catching and clipping 

 Queens' wings. JH 

 inches h'gh. It is used 

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 Full printed direc- 

 tions sent with each 

 ( int.-. 



I 'rice alone, post- 

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IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool inven. 

 by a i^Iinnesota bee- 

 keeper, adapted 

 for prying up su- 

 pers and for gen- 

 eral workaround 

 theapairy. Made 

 of malleable iron. 

 S^ inches long. The 

 middle part is 1 1-16 

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 1-2 inch wide, and 7-32 

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 larger end is wedge- 

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 semi-circular edge, 

 making it almost per- 

 fect for prying up cov- 

 ers, supers, etc., as it 

 does not mar the wood. 

 Dr. Miller, who has 

 used it since 11303 says, 

 January 7, 1907; "I 

 think as much of the 

 tool as ever." 

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 25 cents. With a year's 

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PREmiuin 



QUEENS 



These are untested, stand- 

 ard-bred, Italian Queens, 

 reptjrts of which have 

 been highly satisfactory. 

 They are active breeders, 

 and produce good work- 

 ers. 



Sent only after May 1st. 

 Orders booked any time 



for 1908 queens. Safe de- 

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 with a year's subscription, 60 cents. 6 

 j^iven free for one 50-cent subscription. 



BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



„^<>rty Years Among the Bees, bv Dr. 0. C. 



Miller.-Ml pages, bound in handsome clotli, 

 withjrold letters and design, illustrated with 112 

 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken bv Dr. 

 Miller. It IS a good, new storv of successful 

 bee-keeping by one of the masters, and sliows 

 in minutesc detail just how Dr. Miller -(loes 

 things with bees. Price alone, il.oo. With a 

 year s subscription. «i.-.>.5. Given free for 4 new 

 subscriptions at 50 cents each. 



Advanced Bee Culture, bv W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. -The author is a practical and hebjful 

 writer. 330 pages; bound in clol h, beautiiullv 

 illu.strated. Price alone. $1.20. \Vith a year's 

 subscription, »!.«. Given free for 5 new sab- 

 scriptions at 50 cents each. 



A B C of Bee Culture, bv A. I. & E. R. 

 Root.— Over 50U pages describing everything 

 pertaining to the care of hoDev-bees. ilio en- 

 gravings. Bound in cloth, price alone, si 20. 

 With a year's subscription, $1.4,-. Given tree 

 for.S new subscriptions at 50 cents each. 



Scientific Queen-Rearing, as Practically 

 Applied, by G.M. Doolittle.-How theverybest 

 queen-bees are reared. Bound in cloth and il- 

 lustrated. Price alone, $l.uu. With a year's sub- 

 scription, $1.2.5. Given free for 4 new subscrip- 

 tions at 50 cents each, in leatherette binding, 

 price aione, 7.5 cents. Witha year's subscription 

 Jl.oo. Given tree for 3 new subscriptions 

 at 50 cents each. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook.-This book is in- 

 structive, helpful, interesting, thoroughly 

 practical and scientific. It also contains anat- 

 oniy and physiology of bees. ,544 pages, 295 

 Illustrations. Bound in cloth. Price ah ne, $1 *'0 

 Wltk a year's subscription, il.i:.. Given tree 

 tors new subscriptions at 50 cents each. 



lanestroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 by Dadant.— This classic has l»een entirely re- 

 written. Fully illustrated. No apiarian library 

 is complete without this standard work by "The 

 Father of American Bee Culture." 520 pages, 

 bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.20. With a year's 

 subscription, {1.45. Given free tor 5 new sub- 

 scriptions at 50 cents each. 



'"The Honey -Money Stories. "-A 64-paEe 

 booKlet. Containing many short, bright stories 

 interspersed with facts and interesting items 

 .about honey. The manufactured comb-honey 

 misrepresentation is contradicted in two item's 

 each occupying a full page. Has 33 line illus- 

 trations ot apiaries or apiarian scenes. It also 

 contains 3 bee-songs. This l>ooIclet should be 

 placed in the han<is of everybody not familiar 

 with the food-value of honev, for its main 

 obieet IS to interest people in lioney as a daily 

 table article. Price 25 cents. With a year's 

 subscription, BO cents. Given free tor 1 new 

 subscription, at 50 cents. 



Three copies for .50 cents; or the 3 with a year's 

 subscription 75 cents; or the 3 copies given 

 tree for 2 new subscriptions at 50 cents each. 



Amerikanische Bienenzucht, by Hans 

 Buschbauer, is a bee-Aeeper's handbook of 138 

 pages, which is just what our German friends 

 will want. It is fully illustrated, and neatly 

 bound in cloth. Price aione. $1.00. With a year's 

 subscription. $1.25. Given free for 4 new sub- 

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THE EMERSON BINDER 



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WOOD BINDER 



Holds 3 volumes. Has ■nood back but no 

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BEE-HIVE CLOCK 



A few of these handsome "bronze-metal** 

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 and reliable. Weijrht, boxed. 4 pounds. You 

 pav express charges. Price. $I..iO. With ayear's 

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